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Monday, March 24, 2014

Getting shirty... Nasri and Sturridge give Drake signed tops, but where does his allegiance lie in the title race?

Canadian rapper Drake wasted no time in showing off his love of football on his tour of the UK.The
27-year-old from Toronto was snapped backstage at Liverpool's Echo
Arena receiving signed shirts from not one but two Premier League stars
on Saturday night.

Liverpool
striker Daniel Sturridge and Manchester City winger Samir Nasri were
both out to celebrate having played in important victories for their
sides earlier in the day, Liverpool runnning out 6-3 winners against
Cardiff, with Sturridge on the scoresheet, while Nasri started City's
5-0 win against Fulham.

Both players posted the pics on their
instagram accounts, with Nasri writing: 'Thanks @champagnepapi for
looking after us last night #greatshow #drizzy #ReppinMCFC'.Meanwhile,
Sturridge wrote: 'Was a good vibe chopping it up with @champagnepapi
about music and football. He did his ting.. #OVO #redordead'.With three dates at London's o2 Arena
this week, there is every chance of star names from Chelsea, Arsenal or
Tottenham getting in on the act and swaying his allegiance
again.But they aren't
Drake's only famous footballing friends, he played a major role in
convincing Jermain Defoe to leave Tottenham for MLS side Toronto
recently.

Defoe
explained: 'One night I was out at night in London having dinner and
this number came up on my phone. It was Drake. You can imagine what that
was like, it was quite surreal to be honest.

'He
just told me that if I came here the people would love me and that my
family would enjoy it. He also said he would look forward to meeting me
and showing me the city. It was a special phone call and I appreciated
that.'Drake resisted the
temptation to actually put the tops on, unlike Snoop Dogg who has been
known to wear the shirt of whichever city he is playing in, and has been
snapped wearing Manchester United, Liverpool, Barcelona, Ajax, Cardiff
and Brighton tops.